Fountain brush



30 f removed and discarded when em ty and re- Patented Aug.. 141, 1923.

urr` aras JOHN v. Humana, or BnookLYN, New Yoan.

y FOUNTAIN BRUSH.

application mea July s, ma 'serial No, 572,543.

To all 'whom t may concern Be it known that I, JOHN V. HUETHER, a

citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of New York, borough of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of v New York, have invented a new and Improved Fountain Brush, of' which the following is a full, clear, and exact descri tion. This invention has relation to com ined containers and applicators for semi-liquid or paste coating substances such as shoe .or stove polishes or the like.

Some of the principal objects of the present invention reside in the provision of an applicator such a brush or dauber which includes means for the accommodation of a supply of polish or other substance; means for feeding, as needed, the said substance onto the bristles thereof; means for closing the feed to prevent waste or drying out of the substance; and means for facilitating the replenishing of the supply when exhausted.

the purpose.

As a further object the invention contemplates in combination with an applicator of the character described an improved package for the polish or substance which serves as a reservoir when associated with the applicator and cooperates with the feeding means thereof to discharge the contents therefrom, said package'being adapted to be placed by a similar package purc asable for The inventionI furthermore contemplates in a device of the character described a new article of manufacture which-is simple in its construction, inexpensive to produce, and

which is thoroughly reliable and highly eiii'- cient in its purpose. Y

With the above recited and other objects in view, the invention resides in the novel construction set forth in' the following specification, particularl. pointed out in the appended claims and il ustrated in the accompanying drawing, it being understood that the right 1s reserved to embodiments meaning of the terms in which the claims are expressed. v

In the drawing- `FFigure 1 is a side elevation of an applicator constructed in accordance with the inl vention,

he head thereof being shown in section.

Fig. Zllsa plan view with parts broken yof reference, the applicator w 'end with a win ed hea container.

' riorly threaded nozzle 23 away to disclose the underlying structure. Fig. 3 is a sectional view through the package constituting thepreservoir for the applicator. 5 eferring to the drawing b characters iiich is here illustrated as a brush or dauber comprises a handle 10 and a brush head 11 which constitutes a support for the bristles 12. The head 11 on thev opposite side from the bristles isrecessed as at 13 and is provided with a concentric threaded aperture 14 which establishes communication between` the recess 13 and the opposite side of the head open side of the head 11 is exteriorly threade at 15 to receive andvaccommodate a removable cover 16 nteriorly threaded earing boss 17 in which a manipulating screw 18 1s mounted. The manipulating screw is rovided at its outer 19 and at its inner end with an en arged bearing disk 20.

4The package which is adapted to be associated withvthe brush 'or dauber to constiv from which the brlstles are supported. The

rovided with. a central tute a reservoir therefor consists of a con- Ithe brush head. The body of the conltainer 21 is provided at one end with a closed end wall 22 having a combined cen- .trally disposed lling and discharge nozzle 23 whichA is exteriorly threaded as at 24 to accommodate a closure cap 25. The opposite end of the body of the container is o en and receives an axially movable wall or ollower 26 which snugly conforms to and lits the interior configuration of the body of the After the wall or' follower 26 is inserted within the container, the open end therefor when the container is filled with a other than those actually illustrated herein to the full extent indicated bythe generall I of the brush head is disassociated therefrom,

and the closure cap 25 is removed from the.

nozzle 24, the container 21 is inserted in the recess 13 inthe brush head with the exterthreaded opening 14.

engaged in the The manipulating screw 18.is retracted to the full extent and the cover 16 is replaced on the brush head. The applicator'is then ready for use. By manipulating the screw .18 through the winged head 19 the bearing.

disk 20 at the inner end of the screw 18 is brought into contact with the axially movable wall or follower 26 of the container to advance the saine toward the discharge nozzle 23 for effecting the discharge of the contents of the container therefrom onto the bristles 12. Vhen not in active use it has been found desirable to close the feeding or discharge nozzle 23 in order toy prevent waste and an access of air thereto. For this reason the slide valve 29 is provided which consists of a fiat strip of material having a central slot 30 through which the headed elements 3l are passed and anchored into the brush head. The vouter end of the strip is up-turned t0 provide a manipulating handle 32, while the inner end thereof,

. when the handle 32 is adjacent the side of the head 11, serves to cover the dischargev nozzle and snugly impinge `thereagainst to prevent waste of the contents or the access of air therethrough.

From the fpregoing it will be seen that an applicator in' the nature of a dauber or brush for shoe or stove polish has been provided together with a container which cooperates therewith to constitute a reservoir for the polish, said container serving as a package for the polish which is sold upon the market as a refill for the applicator. This arrangement prevents soiling of the hands of the user and effects an economy' in the use of the polish or other substance. I claim: f 1. In combination, a container having one end wall provided with an outlet and an axially movable end wall constituting a follower for expressing the contents thereof through the outlet, and an applicator comprising a brush including a head provided with a recess in the opposite side of which the bristles are disposed, said brush head having an opening establishing communication between the recessed side and the bristled side, said recess adapted to receive the container and said opening adapted to register with the outlet, and means carried by the applicator adapted to coact with the movable end wall of the container for expressing the contents through the outlet.

2. In combination, a container having one end wall provided with an exteriorly threaded outlet nozzle and an axially movable end wall constituting a follower for expressing the contents thereof throughthe outlet nozzle, an applicator comprising a brush including a head provided with a recess in the opposite side of which the bristles are disposed, said brush head having a threaded opening establishing communication between the recessed side and the bristledside, said recess adapted to receive the container and said threaded opening the outlet nozzle, means carried by the applicator adapted to coact with the movable end wall of the container for expressing the 'contents throu h the outlet nozzle, and means on the app icator respectively shiftable to positions for covering and uncovering the outlet nozzle.

3. In combination a container having one end wall provided with an exteriorly threaded outlet nozzle and an axially movable end wall constituting a follower for expreing the contents thereof through the'outlet nozzle, an applicator comprising a brush includ.- ing a head provided with a recess in the opposite side of'which the bristles are disposed, said brush-head having a threaded opening establishing communication between the recessed side and the 'bristled side,

said recess adapted to receive the container.

`able end wall of the container for advancing the same toward the outlet nozzle for discharging the contents through said outlet nozzle.

4. In combination, an applicator including a head, bristles supported from one side thereof and a recess` formed in the opposite side, said head having a passage therethrough establishin communication between the rece and t e bristled side thereof, a container having one end wall rovided with an outlet nozzle and an axially movable opposite end wall constituting a follower, said container constitutingv a package for the substance to be applied by means ofv the applicator and ada ted to be arranged in the recessed head with the nozzle extending through the passage thereof` whereby to afford a reservolr for the applicator, and means carried by the applicator adapted .to coact with the movable endwall for expressingthey contents of the container through the outlet and ontothe bristles.

5. An applicator brush including a bristle supporting head having a recess in the opposite side from which the bristles are supported, said head having a passage between the recessed and bristled sides thereof, a closure for the recessed side, a manipulating screw extending through the closure in cornbination withl a container having an end wall provided with an outlet nozzle, and an axially movable opposite end wall con-u stituting a follower adapted to be advanced toward the other end Wall for expressing the contents through the outlet nozzle, said container constituting a refill package for the applicator brush insertable within the recessed head with, the nozzle protruding through the passage to providea reservoir mesmo4 with the movable end wall of which the manipulating screw coacts to eect the discharge of the contents through the outlet nozzle and onto the bristles.

6. An applicator brush including a bristle supporting head having a recess in the opposite' side from which the bristles are supported, said head having a passage between the recessed and bristled sides thereof, a closure for the recessed side, a manipulating screw extending through the closure in combination with a container having an end wall provided with an outlet nozzle, and an axially movable opposite end wall consti- 15 tuting a follower adapted to be advanced toward the other end Wall for expressing the contents through the outlet nozzle, said container constituting a refill package for the applicator brush insertable within the receased head with the nozzle protruding through the passage to provide a reservoir with the movable end wall of which the manipulating screw coacts to effect the discharge of the contents through the outlet nozzle and onto the bristles, and a strip slidably mounted on the b'ristled side of the brush head constituting a closure respectively shiftable into covering and uncovering relation to the passage and nozzle.

JOHN V. HUETHER. 

